Safety Officer - London
The Scouts
Location: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London + hybrid
Salary: £39,560pa
Closes: 23/10/24
Safety Officer with Scout Association
Scouts is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, in particular, Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities.
Will you be our next Safety Officer?
Responsible to: Senior Safety Officer
Department: Safe Scouting
Base location: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London (with hybrid working)
Term: Fixed Term until October 2026
Salary: £39,560 per annum, Band F, Level 3 (inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Line management responsibility: N/A
A bit about the role
The purpose of the role is to ensure young people taking part in Scouting are safe, by working with local volunteers, line managers and specialists to ensure that national policy, procedures and guidance are implemented at a local level. To conduct local quality audits to assess compliance with Scouts’ policies, procedures and guidance and use these and compliance data in order to drive good practice and quality assurance measures for monitoring and making improvements
The role provides specialist advice, guidance and support to the movement in matters of safety and adventure, involving supporting and advising adult volunteers to enable them to safely deliver the Scout Programme. This includes liaising with external agencies and other specialists to ensure that safety and adventure advice provided to members if informed by industry best practice.
Sound good? Read the application pack and then apply
Before making an application please ensure that you've read the Recruitment and selection policy. In order for us to monitor the application of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, we'd be grateful if you'd also complete the Recruitment Monitoring questions on the Application Form.
Not sure where to start? Check out our guidance for applicants.
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm Wednesday 23 October 2024
Interviews will be held virtually week commencing 4 November 2024
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